Mack Brusznicki jumps into Lake Michigan as temperatures climbed to 71 degrees on Feb. 26 in Chicago. The Earth just observed its warmest February, setting a monthly record for the ninth time in a row, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service announced Wednesday.
Want to know how your actions can help make a difference for our planet? Sign up for the Climate Coach newsletter, in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. “As remarkable as this might appear, it is not really surprising as the continuous warming of the climate system inevitably leads to new temperature extremes,” Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a news release.above preindustrial levels for the first time.
The world’s oceans remained in record-warm territory as well. February’s average global sea surface temperature was the highest on record for any month, topping out at an all-time high of 21.09 degrees Celsius at the end of the month, according to Copernicus.forecasters concerned about an active hurricane season